Friday, July 7, 2017

Attention: Neighbours !

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Qatar, an arab peninsular country in the Middle East, has recently become a Hot item in the news. Its neighbours: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrein,and the United Emirates ( a federation of seven emirates- Abu Dhabi and Dubai being the most known of them) have accused Qatar of supporting and funding terrorism. Qatar denies the allegation. The four neighbours have cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar, closed their borders and issued demands and ultimatums. Qatar has declared that it won't give in to any ultimatum, and that all demands are rejected as they're a trial to undermine the sovereignity of the nation.

Qatar, (with its capital city Doha) is a land rich in oil and gas, so naturally it is one that attracts great interest, and not only from its neighbours. It has also been chosen to host the 2022 World Cup tournament (Mondial 2022). Now, it seems this Mondial is under great uncertainty .

A stroll in the city (Web image)

All sorts of factors (Kuweit, USA, Russia, Germany, the UN) are trying to moderate in the above diplomatic crisis so as to avoid escalation and ensuing instability in the region.It doesn't seem likely at this point that there's going to be a joint military action of the four neighbouring countries against Qatar. However, the situation is very unpleasant, not to say explosive.

If indeed terrorism is financed by Qatar, this should immediately be stopped; supporting terrorism in any way is an act of war against humanity. All the other issues (among them the neighbours' demand to close Al Jazeera TV net ,and a turkish military base) - are internal affairs to be dealt with by Qatar's government.In any case, Qatar largely depends on import (including food import). Closed borders, boycotts and this sort of thing, will have a disastrous impact on the country even though Iran and Turkey are behind with "moral" support and food supply, helping her at the moment defy its neighbours.Never a dull moment in the Middle East.

28 comments:

Yes, it does seem always some sort of conflict but then again, right now the rest of the world is kind of like that too, perhaps not quite as volatile (except North Korea and the USA) but still under conflict.

The Middle East is a bad, bad place. WW3 might start here.They're all here: Russia, USA,Iran, Turkey. They all want to dominate the region.

North Korea doesn't want to dominate any country except her own. But she's threatened by USA which wants her to be a democracy, give human rights, not develop nuclear power, and reunite with South Korea. Well if USA will insist on that, North Korea will probably send nuclear missiles.

Yes, I was shocked at the allegations when I first saw them on the national news, here. I'm no expert on the subject of terrorism, but as human being and a resident of our world, I can 'safely' say that the state of our planet is in all kinds of chaos.

The largest United State military base is also in Qatar. Saudi Arabia cut ties with Qatar and wants its allies to pretty much follow suit. The US is one of Saudi Arabia's biggest allies. What a mess! Saudi Arabia wants to shut its border with Qatar, cutting the country off from the rest of Arabian Peninsula. All I know is this, ISIS has to be stopped! So it sounds like cutting ties with Qatar is a good thing. By being connected to Qatar, we're aiding them in terrorism. When will it all end? I listen to it on the news, but really don't understand it all. Interesting thought-provoking post Duta!

ISIS has recently lost the iraqi city of Mossul,but I'm skeptical as to their total dissapearance from the arena. They might change places and focuses of activity but they're constantly in the background.